Kirill Ryabov (1983) was born in Leningrad. He has been noticed by the professional literary community since 2005 when he started publishing his short stories and short novels (novellas) in literary magazines and anthologies. In 2009, his story Spit was selected for an anthology of Russia’s new fiction from young writers (edited by Jeff Parker) that was published to good reviews in the United States by Tin House Books. Ryabov’s writing has been nominated three times for the National Bestseller Prize; his novel Dog and the book of prose Fascists were shortlisted for the award in 2020 and 2022.

Kirill Ryabov’s work has been adapted for films, including I Will Be Your Dog (a short film, by Konstantin Selivestrov, 2019) and a feature film by Dmitry Meskhiev, Good Girls Will Go to Heaven.

A feature film based on 777 is in production in 2022/23, directed by Alexander Khant.

Kirill Ryabov lives in St Petersburg.